Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-11-26
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ANNIVERSARY THANKSGIVING.
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How the National Holiday
was Celebrated in
McMinnyille,
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WITH THE SEVENTEENTH ANNI.
vERsARY OF MEANWHILE
LODGE No. LAG, I. o. o. F.
A Visit from Canton R. H. Barry, Pa
triarchs Militant, Of Nashville,
and an Address by His Excel
lency, Gov. R. L. Taylor.

Thursday, Nov. 24th, 1887, was the
day set aside by the President, the
Governor, and the Mayor as day of
thanksgiving and praise for the many
mercies and blessings which we have
enjoyed at the hands of our loving
heavenly Father during the last year.
1t was also the seventeenth anniver-
sary of the institution of McMinn.
Vile Lodge, No. LAG, of the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows.
All of the business houses in Nc
Minnville closed at noon. The Odd
Fellows assembled at their hall, and
headed by the Warren House band,
marched 10 the depot, to receive the
visiting hrethren of Canton. R. H.
Barky, AZ triarchs Militant, Of Nash
Vile, Who arrived on the noon train
in full uniform. They were J. l..
Weakley, Conn.,; ]. E. Mann, Lieut.;
w. A. Barry, Ensign; MN. Barnes,
T. H. Miller, ]. n. DeFord, w. A..
Smith, Peter Harris, Jr., - Har-
well, r. P. Webb, II. Ridelshiemer,
J. Z. Sloan, Geo. E. Fuller, Leon
Levy, w. r. Cornelius, E. T. Murry,
r. A. Griffin, JAS. G. Aydelott, J. B.
Cowan, - Argo, Turpin. Also
Gov. Robt. l.. Taylor, of Wautauga
Lodge, the orator of the day, and
Hon. Frank M. Smith, State Super
intendent of Public instruction.
The Band, the Canton, ,andMcMinn-
vile Lodge formed in line at the de-
pot and marched to the G. P. Church,
where, after song and prayer, an adj
dress of welcome was delivered by
DR.. G. T. Stainback, which was re-
sponded to briefly by Gov. Taylor.
The visitors were then taken to the
Warren House, where a bountiful
dinner awaited them,
At o'clock p. M, the Canton and
Lodge formed on the square, headed
by the band, and marched through
Main Street to Spring, Spring to Lo'
Gust, Locust to Chancery, Chancery
to Main, Main to the Park, where ar
interesting drill was given by the Can
ton @l.Ne17
At 7 o'clock p. NJ, the G. P. Church
was densely packed with people, ant
the exercises were opened with mu
sic from the choir, followed by tn,
opening ode by the order, prayer by
Rev. A. T, Crawford, and the read
ing of an historical sketch of Nc
Minnville Lodge by DIR. G. r. Stain
back. Gov. Taylor was then intro
duced by DIR. Stainback, and spoke a
follows: y. W 7WahMw &n@i
Ladies, Gentlemen, and Brother Odc
FelIoaUS: If kind heaven had blessed
me as abundantly with the gift Of
teranee as the italian organ grinde
is blessed with the divine gift of per
petual "retatoryn music, nothing,
assure you, would afford me NOR
pleasure than to grind you out a fey
hours of speech tonight. But as thi
is free performance, and as am a
best sparingly gifted in that particu
lar, you must be content with fey
brief remarks.
And in as much as you are all her
evidently in search of an hours haI
piness, / will take ..
HAPPINESS
for my theme. f..
What, then, is true happiness?
Many define it to be the almight
dollar. There are people in this worl
who were born hungry for none,
They cut their eye teeth on a silvC
dollar in childhood, and when the
grow up, they cut other peoples ey
tooth for thnn, frl,o;, o0,,ooYt;DD